Americans for the Arts

This guide is drawn from lessons learned during two musical instrument drives sponsored by New York’s classical music radio station, WQXR. Students in under-resourced music programs across the New York City area benefited from the roughly 6,000 musical instruments donated through the drive.

The Joan Mitchell Foundation is committed to education, providing direct arts education programming to grades K-12 and young adults, the Foundation will spend 2016-2018 focusing on research and piloting innovative educational opportunities for the artist community. The NYC Art Program Directory provides information on various arts-based organizations and institutions in New York City that offer programming for young people. These programs are diverse and offer opportunities in visual and performing arts for all ages, and also focus on portfolio and career development. The Foundation does

This report presents the current findings of a study of culture and social wellbeing in New York City conducted by the University of Pennsylvania Social Impact of the Arts Project (SIAP) in collaboration with Reinvestment Fund. The project began in the fall of 2014 when SIAP accepted an invitation from Tom Finkelpearl, Commissioner of Cultural Affairs for the City, to conduct a study of the social value of the arts. The study builds on SIAP’s over twenty years of research and writing on the non-­‐ economic impact of the arts on urban communities. During that time, SIAP has

The report released by the New York City Comptroller, “Culture Shock: The Importance of National Arts Funding to New York City’s Cultural Landscape,” highlights how the NEA supports arts and educational programs across the five boroughs of New York City and profiles four neighborhood-based arts groups that would be impacted.

This book is about the promise and power of the idea - the people and their programs. It is based largely on the individual and collective experience of six diverse urban school districts known as the League of Cities for the Arts in Education whose members are located in Hartford, Little Rock, Minneapolis, New York City, Seattle and Winston-Salem.

This article discusses the role artists play in the of neglected, low-income urban neighborhoods. New York area communities are featured as examples.

This article describes the development process of the Urban Horizons Economic Development Center in Bronx, New York.

There is growing concern that the federal No Child Left Behind Acts accountability provisions in mathematics, reading, and science are diverting significant time and resources from other academic subjects. To address this concern, the Council for Basic Education executed a study to collect data about American K-12 students access to a curriculum in the liberal arts.

The study consists of two parts. The first investigates the City Center audience in New York City. The second investigates tour audiences in San Antonio and Houston, Texas and New Orleans, Louisiana, and compares them to the New York audience. Seven weeks before the opening of the Joffrey spring 1976 season at the City Center Theater, the first of the Dance in America programs, which featured the Joffrey company, was broadcast on the PBS television network with support from the Exxon Corporation and the National Endowment for the Arts.

This study examined high-performing after-school projects funded by The After-School Corporation, to identify projects likely to have improved students' academic achievement. Evaluators found these shared characteristics: 1. A broad array of enrichment opportunities; 2. Opportunities for skill building and mastery; 3. Intentional relationship-building; 4. A strong, experienced manager supported by trained and supervised staff; and 5. The administrative, fiscal, and professional-development support of the sponsoring organization.

This report, prepared by the Illinois Arts Alliance, investigates the design, implementation, and funding of arts education policy in ten states.

This report reviews the funding procedures of the New York State Council on the Arts.

This report is an outline of art programs supported by New York State to serve as a guide for other states.

This report examines five areas of the activities of the New York Council on the Arts. These include: the interrelationships between Staff, Panel, Council Sub-Committees and full Council; council budgeting; new requirements mandated by the 1974 legislation; how the Council conducts its business; and types of arts organizations being supported and not being supported.